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ratings and gates with lance head spikes. Be-
yond Is court, as silent and mysterious as the
trees. but fig. orange and lemon trees. t sera-
NUNS. oleanders, and fuchsias flourish In the
open air; they bloom and prosper In the mild
the tepid current Of the Gulf stream. protected
SsfTsrs tb their oUa
stand the English language and speak y with
more or less flnengy., but although virtually
The English n Il far from
per asa r L n AEdsss q Il
%asons stons c SM and o.her srnans e@ 9
ployed on the fortiacations; their descendants
are still recognizable By their aaueline noses.
eyes while the men Of Norman race have clear,
warm compilations, fair hair, and blue eyes.
Ihs beat tands Of ARE situated
throughout the arehlpelago. for their oultiva-
tion and fertility. The meadows are Intensely
green. the crops sprprisingly abundant, the
carefully collected In cool reservoirs In the
stream al the foot T Of the Slopes and turn tho
the bay. From the high table land . long line
Sroaa passsa Is Ssse 81 taH
though In as high state Of cultivation az the
valleys Gattie are RenneSd ned, N the ns AZ sheep
heather asds bright with Wild flowers and the
6aintve sf notes Of i ihnumcrable sea BIRDS n
break on the silent air, and bending over the
hteep cliffs they cap be seen cTcling oyer the
Alderney from all the adjacent headlands.
They oongregate and build their nests In the
and ShsrS the
not unirsqIentiS buried the sorDssS 81 t6sir
victims fallen In some bloody ARRAY. II. q.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
PANIC IN A DEPOT.
a Fatal Locomotive Explosion at Chest,
Pa.

a Fatal Locomotive Explosion at Chester,
Pa.
CHESTER, Pa, June THE boiler ola
locomotive attached to southbound
freight train on the Baltimore & Ohio
Road exploded in front of the passenger
station in this city at s o'clock this
morning. A number of persons were
standing on the station platform and
several of them were badly scalded or
cut with flying missiles. One man, a
carpenter employed on the road and re-
siding in Baltimore, whose name no one
knew, was killed. John Murphy, aged
q years, telegraph operator of this
city, was so badly injured that his
death is momentarily expected.
A woman whose name could not be
learned was struck in the side by a
piece of iron and dangerously injured.
The following persons were more or less
severely cut or scalded: A. S. Benja-
min, station agent; j. B. Clarke, a car
penter employed on the road Mrs. VIM.
Showers, (colored) station janitress;
H. L. Blakely, the fireman of
Baltimore, who was standing on the
sand box of the locomotive was hurled
many feet in the air, and was severely
injured by the fall. Emmitt Dixon, of
Wheeling, West Va, the engineer, sat
in his cab and was not injured. The in
iuries of some of those mentioned above
are quite severe and may result fatally
Some half dozen other persons sustained
slight injuries. The handsome little sta
ton building was almost COM
pletely wrecked, and row of
five dwellings on the opposite
side of the street were considerably
damaged. A piece of the bell was blown
through the roof Of q house a square
away and portions of the engine were
found three squares away. All the ply
sicians in the city were sent for and
everything possible was done to allevi-
ate the sufierings of the injured The
wreck was soon cleared from the tracks
and travel was resumed in a few hours.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
COLOR NO OBIECEEOE.

Iron and Steel Workers Afraid of the
knights of Labor.
PITTsBURG, Pa, June Sat the con-
vention Of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron and Steel Workers, this morn
ing a resolution was adopted providing
for the appointment of a committee to
regulate the output in the different mills
and to secure a uniformity of the various
classes of work in the different mills
The manufacturers will meet the wage
committee on Friday next and will en-
deavor to secure a reduction in the guide
mill and sheet mill scales. The
men will ask for $3.50 per ton for
pudding on 2-cent card rate. One of
the principal changes to be made in the
constitution is the introduction of a
clause admitting colored skilled work
men to membership. This is to be done
as a precaution against their joining
the Knights of Labor and thus
causing trouble in the trade. There
are two mills in this city run by
colored men, the Black Dia-
mond and the Pennsylvania Iron Works.
The men at both mills are anxious to
become organized and those at the
Pennsylvania Iron Works have held
several meetings with that object. If
they are admitted heavy fine will be
exacted as a penalty for working as
"black Sheep"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
A Blue GRASS TRAGEDY.
Three Lives Thrown Away in Affe citing
Arrest.

Three Lives Thrown Away in Affecting
Arrest.
LOUISVILLE, KY, June 8.-A special to
the Evening Times gives the following
particulars of the reopening of hostilities
in Kentucky's most lawless county,
Rowan The citizens of Morehead are
again startled by the killing of three
men. Yesterday the town mar
shall of Morehead, John Mannin, had
warrant for the arrest of Jack and
William Logan, sons of the notorious
DR.. Henry d. Logan, who is now in the
Lexington jail on charge of murder.
Mannin went to the house of the Logan
boys to arrest them. An old lady told
them they were not in. He told her
that he would have to search the house,
and proceeded to do so. AS he as
cended the stairway the Logan boys
who were concealed above, fired upon
him, inaictingI fatal wounds. Mannin's
posse of two men, who were with him,
then returned the fire of the Logan
boys, killing them both. Mannin never
took any part in the Martin-Tolliver
feud. The Logans were active Martin
supporters"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
He is an Engiishman and Kicks.

An Englishman about returning to
his native land said to friend the
other day that he was very much
struck with many odd things that he
had seen during his stay for few
weeks in this country. In regard to
hotels, he criticized our universal mis-
use of the word "guest," although he
said that the treatment received at
some American hostelries made one
feel exceedingly as though one were on
visit to the landlord, and any de-
mand for that for which one paid
might be construed as a discourtesy.
Referring to American newspapers he
said, that the wonderful headings of
the telegraphic columns were very mis-
leading to him. why" said he sit
was two days before KNEW Mr.. Beech
er was dead, don't you know, | read
on the borderland, Sin the dark val
ley,' etc., but didn't know it had any
reference to the Brooklyn divine, and
it was g. week before I knew the Ore
gon was at the bottom of the ocean
with a goodly mail for me, with
rocked in the cradle of the deep,
hungry billows,' and such like an
nouncements appearing each day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
Newspapers for wall Decoration.

In his autobiographical sketch in
the Youths Companion, w. D. How
ellis, writing OF the family's pioneer life
in Ohio. says: "Perhaps it was my
fathers love of literature which in
spired him to choose newspapers for
wall-paper; at any rate he did so, and
the effect, as | remember it, was not
without it's decorative qualities. He
had used g. barrel of papers, bought
at the nearest post-office, where they
had been refused by the persons to
whom they had been experimentally
sent by the publishers, and the whole
first page was taken up by a story,
which broke OFF in the middle of SEN
tence at the foot of the last column,
and tantalized us forever with fruit
less conjecture, as to the fate of the
hero and heroine. l really suppose
that cheap wallpaper could have
been got for the same money, though
it might not have seemed SO economi-
cal. | am not sure that the use Of the
newsr apers was not g. tributary rem
iniscence of my fathers pioneer life; /
cannot remember that it excited any
comment in the neighbors, who were
frank with their opinions of every
thing else we did. But it does not
greatly NATTER
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
New Market for American Stock.
From the New York Mail.

From the New York Mail.
Owners of first-class cattle and blood
ed horses have lately been trying the
experiment of shipping horses, cattle,
and sheep to Buenos Ayres. Last Sat-
urday, Charles r. Wetherell, of
Cornwall, VT, sailed in the Advance
on his second trip to South America
and took with him number of meri-
no sheep and trotting horses. He said
that the people of the Argentine Re-
public had taken g. great fancy to
blooded stock, and were willing to pay
good prices for it. The climate, too,
is very favorable for raising good
stock, and in the future the country
will be q great stock raising place.
Gentlemen there are very ambitious
to possess fast road horses and trot-
tiers, and already have some very
speedy thouroughbreds, which, how
ever, are imported from England. Mr..
Wetherell had on board with him for
ty Spanish merino sheep-twelverams
and twenty-eight ewes. These sheep
are noted for the fneness and density
Of their wool. They will shear from
thirty eight to forty pounds each and
the fleece is worth 20 cents g. pound.
The wool in some instances is nearly
six inches long. These sheep sell at
from $500 to $1,000 each at the end
Of the voyage. One very fine French
ram weighed 275 pounds and would
shear about so pounds. The trotting
horses were q fine lot and were all well
brp6
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
The Value Of Blue Ribbon.
From the PHILADELPHIA Press.

From the Ph1ladelphla Press.
Canon Wilberforce, the leading ad-
vocate of total abstinence in En-
gland, who lectured here on Friday
night, wears as q sign of his belief in
temperance it's accepted decoration g.
blue ribbon. This ribbon according
to the Canon's own account, was pre-
sented to him by an American. One
day while waiting at railroad STA
ton in England a man recovering
from q long debauch approached him
and asked him for assistance in his
trouble. The clergyman took him
into his carriage and talked and
prayed with him, finally persuading
him to sign one Of the pledge cards
he carried on his person.
''The poor fellow" said the Canon,
"was attracted to me out of the 800
other people on the platform because
I wore that ribbon, and I have never
taken it of since. When I change my
clothes it is changed with them, and
when I wear q great coat it is always
conspicuous in the buttonhole [
don't see why men should be ashamed
to proclaim their beliefs if they have
arv ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
A Radical Cure.

DR.. Crawford, Of Baltimor is relat-
ed to have advised 8 patient, who
fancied he was dying of liver disease,
to travel. On returning he appeared
to be quite well, but upon receiving in
formation of the death of q twin
brother, who had actually died of q
scirrhous liver, he Immediately stag
gered, and, falling down, cried out
that he was dead, and had, as ne 81
ways expected died Of liver COM
plant. DR.. Crawford being sent for
Immediately, attended, ana on being
informed Of the notion which had
seized the hypochondriac, exclaimed:
con, yes, the gentleman is certainly
dead, and it is more than probable
that his liver was the death of him.
However, to ascertain the fact, | will
hasten to cut him open before putre.
faction takes place. He called for g.
carving knife. and whetting it, as g.
butcher would when about to open g.
dead calf, he stepped up to the patient
and began to open his waistcoat. The
hypochOndriac became so terribly
frightened that he leaped up with the
agility of rabbit, and crying out
"Murde1 murder! murder!" ran off
with a speed that would have defed O.
score of doctors to catch him. After
running a considerable distance, until
he was almost exhausted, he halted,
and not finding the doctor at his heels,
became composed. From that period
this gentleman was never known to
complain of his liver, nor aad he for
more than twenty years afterward any
symptoms of this disease.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15

miles east of Eau Claire, complained
OF benumbed feeling in one of his
arms, which SO unnerved him that he
procured 81 razor and deliberately
slashed ms arm until he bled to death.
The f1s5 case of sunstroke at LIE,
Crosse this season occurred r few days
ago, q, laborer named Lie being strick-
en-. He will recover
WENDELL w. PAINE, 25 years old,
resident of Madison from childhood,
ana g. graduate of the State Univer-
sity In 1888, died near Denver where
he had gone, hoping for Improvement
In health
ELMER WARD, formerly living at
Eau Claire, now q resident of Wash
ington Territory, cut his wife's throat
and took his own life. Mrs. Ward
will live
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
Art in the Advertisers Service.
From the New York Commercial Advertiser

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Munkacsy's 'sgreat picture, Christ
before PLATE" has already advertised
q good many people-haberda shers
and Others-but it is now to be put
still farther to use in this way, for We
learn upon excellent authority that
an artist of the brush who, by the
way, is not barber as might be
thought, has been employed to make g.
close copy of Munkacsy's big painting
with which q firm ofenterprising man
ufacturers Of chewing tobacco will ad-
vertise their appetizing wares. OF the
good taste OF the firm in choosing
their subject for such q purpose We de-
liberately say nothing; other houses
have seen nothing out of the way in
presenting to their readers Michael
Angeles Moses, with a cigarette be-
tween his fingers and fine line of
smoke issuing from behind the wall o
his teeth, and we have q dim recollec-
ton of seeing with pain the Phidian
Zeus with a porcelain pipe in his
mouth on some high colored and low
toned tobacco wrapper. Such things
must be, for business is business, and
the jingling Of the nickel helps the hurt
the artistic cuticle feels when it is call
ed upon to sway the brush in the in
terests OF the tobacconists. A man
must live even ii to do so he has to
knock the stufing out OF the august
body of Rameses II. and roll up his to-
bacco in mummy wrappings 5000
years old scented with the gums and
spices OF the STORED orient and grown
On the banks of the Nile under Mem
nom 8 awful nose aud within the shad-
ow OF the starry pointed pyramids.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
DETECTIVE METHODS.
How Criminals Are Convicted by Their
Own Confession.

| How Criminals Are Convicted by Thei,
Own Confession.
A New York Detective
"That private office OF the inspec.
tors would show some strange things
If all the scenes that have been there
could be reflected from the walls again
OF course his methods are his own,
and we do not talk about them; but
have bis permission to tell you one
or two things. A leader Of gang was
held here for murder. Three OF his
companions saw the murder, which
was cruel and cold-blooded; but they
were close mouthed. To prevent
them from making any combine that
would interfere with the work Of get
ting evidence, they were ali arrested
on charges that were easily enough
found, and locked up where they were
safe and separate.
''The window Of the inspector room
looks out upon q small courtyard.
Inspector Byrnes sat with his back to
that window, and the murderer was
brought in and sat in q chair facing
the Inspector and the window. The
Inspector talked with the man, not
about the crime, but the revolver with
which it was committed was lying
upon his desk. While they were talk
ing and the man was looking out of
the window a door at one side OF the
courtyard opened. An officer came
out leading one of the murderer's
three friends, crossed the court and
disappeared through another door
leading to the prison. The man
watched them anxiously, and the in
Inspector could see that g. vague fear
had come into his mind.
"Ten minutes later the door again
opened and two more officers came
out with another of the three, crossed
the court and silently disappeared.
The murderer's agitation increased.
The Inspector went on talking about
Indifferent matters, pretending not to
have noticed anything, although he
knew by the mans face every time the
courtyard door opened. The man
ceased to pay attention. He answered
lncoherently when spoken to. There
was g. tempest Of terror sweeping
through his brain. He was trying to
comprehend the meaning Of what was
passing before his eyes. His magma
ton was at work coDjuring up all man
ner OF dangerous and fatal possibili-
ties. Had his comrades given him
away? We're they arrested as wit.
nesses or as accompiices2 II the lat
ter, they would surely sacrifice him to
save their own necks. Hewas rapidly
drifting into q panic. But the inspec-
tor talked on, calmly and innocently.
He was not trying to find out any
thing. All the more ominous in the
mind of the murderer. The inspectors
absence of curiosity must mean conf
dence.
"For the third time the door opened,
and the silent procession passed the
window and disappeared. The third
witness was led through by two
policemen. The murderer could en-
dure no more. Trembling with NOR
tai terror, the cold sweat standing
upon his forehead, he threw himself at
the impressive inspectors feet and
piteously begged the police official to
save him from the gallows. He made
q full confession, and was hanged"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
What is Left of Him.
From the Lewiston Journal

From the Lewiston Journal
It isn't every day that see man
take off his spectacies to give them a
rub, and off with them comes his
nose. Such combination Of specta-
cles and proboscis did see while tax
ing an excursion in the elevated car
of the Mutual Insurance Building at
Portland, Friday morning. The man
told me when he took off his specs
that needn't be scared, so wasn't.
When he was in the army cold de-
prived him of a Roman nose of his
own, and plaster paris was better
than nothing, He has false teeth and
false hair. One leg was a. cork leg.
He can see out Of but one eye. The
other is glass. Three fingers and one
thumb is all he possesses IN the
world One Of his ears is false. But
for all this ne is the liveliest man in
Portland. He walks ten miles every
day rain or shine. He has had three
wives and survives them all, and has
refused five chances to get married
again, so he says, since he buried his
last wife, about a year ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
A Little "DeaP' in Lumber.
From the Lewiston Mel Journal

From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
An Augusta lumberman tells the fol-
lowing story of Sam Smith, one of the
best-known lumbermen in the Penob-
scot region forty years ago, and who
knew about all there was to be known
OF the Maine forest. Smith failed and
was LETT without q cent He disappear
ed soon after and for eight months
was not heard from. One day he ap-
peared IN Bangor In q threadbare and
ragged suit Of clothes; with an old
white nat On his head and g. general
air OF depression. There was a big land
sale That day in which eleven town
ships, all heavily wooded, were sold
by the State. A pool had been form
ed by party of long. headed lumber
men to buy the land for g. song. One
OF them suggested that Sam Smith be
invited to join the number, but the
rest only laughed at the idea of taking
street loafer, what would be called
a trampnowadays,into their counsels.
The bidding began, all Of the offers RI
diculously low. A smile went round
the company as Smith lounged in and
bid slightly above the others. s'Let it
co." said the pool men; che can't pay
a dollar" The eleven townships were
accordingly knocked down to him.
But Sam soon showed them that he
had the best Of the joke. From an in
side pocket OF his old coat he pulled
out the $4,000 required to be paid
down and offered to pay more. This
placed him on his feet again. 1t after
ward transpired that Dave Pingree,
OF Salem. WAS backing him and they
realized over q million dollars on the
lumber taken Off the 100000 acres in
those eleven townships.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
VILLAGES SUBMERGED.
Disastrous Result of Water-Spout in
Pennsylvania-A Number of Deaths

Disastrous Result of a Water-Spout in
Pennsylvania-A Number of Deaths
Reported.
JOHNsTOwN, Pa. June S.-Floods
caused by a Water-spout west of Hoovers-
vile, Somerset County, on the line of
the Somerset & Cambria Railroad, inun-
dated the village yesterday. The town
was entirely under water, and the de-
structlon of property is great. The
bridges above here were carried off. The
destruction Of property is enormous, but
the amount cannot be ascertained now
At Hooversville, the work of the
flood is appalling. Upwards of twenty
residences were washed off their fOunda-
tons and deposited on the ground At
least 100 families in this borough alone
lost everything in the lower story and
cellars of their houses. The water hav-
ing subsidized, the scene to-day is one of
generalization and ruin. Yards and
streets are blocked with debris and rub
Dish, houses filled up with water-soaked
goods and mud, and multitudes of
women and children standing about
weeping and mourning over their
ruined homes. In GrubbtoWn. Cone
maugh Borough, Worthwhile, Miners
vile. Cambria City and Coopersdale the
same scene is presented, and it is est-
mated in the suburbs and this city 200
people were temporarily rendered home
less and dependent for shelter on the
charity of their more fortunate neigh
bors.
Mrs. d. J. Morrell, widow of d. j
Morrell, died from heart disease about
y o'clock last night, produced it is sup
posed, by excitement caused by the
water surrounding her house and being
several feet in the lower story Col.
James NJ. Cooper, a wealthy and infu-
entail citizen Of Coopersiale, also
dropped dead from oyer-excitemont. He
and Mrs. Morreil were each about IS
years of age. A number OF other deaths
from the flood are reported but the
minors l;,t,I- con fir,nnti0n
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15
A New Cure for Rheumatism.
From the New York Herald

CIOm VIC NEW 1OTk dGTdlu.
It is q curious fact, to which we call
the attention of the medical fraternity
OF this country, that chronic rheuma-
tism can be cured. The remedy is of
the most allopathic and heroic char
acter, consisting, as it does, Of the
outward application Of two shot guns
and a mad dog, the whole "to be well
shaken before taken"
The pathetic story of John Hen
bricks, OF Warsaw, Ca, will be regard
ed as q demonstration Of the theory
known as the mind cure, and this fact
makes the case still more exciting.
Hendricks had the rheumatism for
ten years-that is, he thought he had.
He was SO impressed with this unfor-
tunate idea that mis- legs did their best
to tie themselves in q bow knot and
succeeded remarkably well. His arms
were also doubled up in the most re-
markable fashion-or at least that
was the notion he had about them.
One de,y, while sitting under a live
oak tree, a mad dog CHANGED that
way and two men with guns in hot
pursuit. Suddenly shots were heard
and the live-oak was we'll peppered.
All at once Hendricks opinion about
his rheumatism was changed. He con-
cluded in trice that he didn't have
any, Or at any rate not enough to
prevent him from getting out OF the
way. He jumped up, therefore, danced
q war dance, yelled to the sportsmep
and then made for home with the
speed Of "a dear gazelle.' Since that
moment he mas had no rheumatism.
However, there's no use to call it a
miracle. The cure was effected bv cold
lead and q mad dog.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-06-15

sufficient impetus to it to send if
crashing through one of the shop win.
dows some yards off. Atsome little dis
tance inside thepane stood statue of
the emperor, which had been placed
on the occasion of tine recent fete, and
the shoe fell exactly at the foot of the
statue. The lucky omen DIS they re-
gard 1t, is said to have impressed the
Berlinese almost as profoundly, though
OF course in a different way, as the
eclipse OF the sun which preceded
C@sar's death did the Romans.